Light management for ever-thinner photovoltaics: A tutorial review

E Camarillo Abad, HJ Joyce, LC Hirst - APL Photonics, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
Ultra-thin solar cells, an order of magnitude thinner than conventional technologies, are an
emerging device concept that enables low-cost, flexible, lightweight, and defect-tolerant …

Mitigating plasmonic absorption losses at rear electrodes in high‐efficiency silicon solar cells using dopant‐free contact stacks

S Zhong, J Dreon, Q Jeangros, E Aydin… - Advanced functional …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Although charge‐carrier selectivity in conventional crystalline silicon (c‐Si) solar cells is
usually realized by doping Si, the presence of dopants imposes inherent performance …

Outlook on monolithic perovskite/silicon tandem photovoltaics

AS Subbiah, A Razzaq, TG Allen, S De Wolf - MRS Bulletin, 2024 - Springer
Perovskite-based tandem solar cells have emerged as a promising technology to enhance
the photovoltaic (PV) energy yield, where monolithic two-terminal (2T) perovskite/silicon …

Nanopatterned SiN x Broadband Antireflection Coating for Planar Silicon Solar Cells

A Cordaro, SW Tabernig, M Pollard, C Yi… - … status solidi (a), 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Crystalline Si solar cells based on thin wafers, with thicknesses in the range of 5–50 μm, can
find applications in a wide range of markets where flexibility and bendability are important …

Impact analysis of metallization design and recombination losses on performance of crystalline silicon solar cells

N Amin, S Santhiran, NM Kassim, AA Alkahtani… - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
Using Griddler software, this study aims to select the optimal metallization design by
analyzing the impact of the number and sizes of busbars and fingers on a solar cell's …

Multi-layer light trapping structures for enhanced solar collection

RE Alsaigh, R Bauer, MPJ Lavery - Optics Express, 2020 - opg.optica.org
Light trapping is a commonly used technique for enhancing the efficiency of solar collection
in many photovoltaic (PV) devices. In this paper, we present the design of multi-layer light …

A hybrid method to solve reliability-cost-oriented bi-objective machine configuration problem for a flow shop system

CT Yeh, LCL Yeng, YK Lin, YL Chao - Annals of Operations Research, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Machine configuration is a crucial strategic decision in designing a flow shop
system (FSS) and directly affects its performance. This involves selecting device suppliers …

Novel photoactive material and fabrication techniques for solar cells application: nanocellulose-based graphene oxide CdS composite

HO Shoyiga, SO Akpasi, J Akpan, UO Amune… - Clean …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
In recent times, solar energy has become one of the largest available sources of renewable
energy at our disposal. However, the design of highly efficient solar cells is increasingly …

Solar cell technologies: an overview

KK Markose, A Antony, MK Jayaraj - Energy harvesting and storage …, 2022 - Springer
This chapter presents a detailed discussion of the evolution of c-Si solar cells and state-of-
the-art Si solar cell technologies. The salient features of the high-efficiency c-Si photovoltaic …

Optimization of Back-Surface Field for Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells and Estimating the Firing Temperature depending on the Amount of Printed Aluminum

İ Kanmaz, A Üzüm - Sakarya University Journal of Science, 2020 - dergipark.org.tr
Optimization of the back surface field (BSF) for crystalline silicon solar cells was carried out
by Afors-Het simulation software. Thickness and doping concentration parameters were …